The Female Gaze
Alongside a show at Washington, D.C.’s National Gallery, a book re-evaluates the history of photography through the lens of the New Woman
Home for the Holidays
Art, ballet, operas, carols: a cultural guide to a holiday season spent socially distanced and (mostly) at home
Candice Bergen Is No Dummy
What it’s like to work with Meryl Streep. And the man who turned her “to goo”
Night and Day
The centenarian Eddie Jaku, who survived Kristallnacht and Auschwitz, considers himself “the happiest man on Earth”
Hollywood Ending
History forgot Arthur Calder-Marshall, the popular writer whose novel was picked up by Orson Welles. Now his grandson plays Welles in David Fincher’s Mank
AIR MAIL’s 10 Best Books of 2020
Music, film, history, and its bad boys: holiday reading for every type
Just When You Thought He Was Out…
Francis Ford Coppola is pulling us back in with a new edit of The Godfather Part III, timed to the film’s 30th anniversary
Luis Gerardo Mendez
The actor made it big in Mexico. Now he’s bringing diversity and humor to Hollywood
Groucho’s Dinner with T. S. Eliot
Comedy meets tragedy over roast beef in London
The Populist and His Flock
The rise and fall of Father Coughlin, the Depression-era version of the departing president
Hypnotized by Chess
Beth Harmon’s doe-eyed gaze reflects centuries of chess in art history
How Does It End for Trump?
Graydon Carter discusses what awaits the grifter-in-chief
Breakfast Nook
Feeling ambushed in the A.M.? These tracks—from Dion, Alan Jackson, Nancy Sinatra, Little Eva, and more—will help you find the high ground
Coyote Ugly
Among the stars of animation’s golden age—Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig—Wile E. Coyote is the most relatable of the bunch
Schlock and Awe
Confessions of a male Hallmark-Christmas-movie addict
Jean-Luc Godard at 90
The New Wave director pokes the artificial veil of Instagram
Elliott Erwitt’s Paris
Photographs capture the romance of the City of Lights but also the whimsy of life on its streets